Stump Cross Caverns, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JL Data via plota.co.uk

C/02/51G - Full Planning Under Consideration
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityExtensions & alterationsCommercial premises

Proposal

Full planning permission for erection of extension to the visitor centre Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2026
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Validated
14 Sept 2026
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Consultation
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 7 Nov 2026, from Yorkshire Dales's recent extensions.

Documents

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Site constraints 16

QuarryS106 Legal Agreement/Occupancy RestrictionArticle 4 directionCoal mining legacy areaOpen Access LandSSSI - Sites of Special Scientific InterestNE1 - Ecological NetworkL4 - Open Upland
SSSI: Stump Cross Caves SSSI
Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Yorkshire Dales National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Open access land
Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.
Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.
Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Special protection area about 72 m away: North Pennine Moors
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Sssi
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
QuarryCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
S106 Legal Agreement/Occupancy RestrictionCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Article 4 directionCouncil record
Some permitted development rights are withdrawn. The direction is on the council's register but not published as open data.
Council site ↗
Coal mining legacy areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Open Access LandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
SSSI - Sites of Special Scientific InterestCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
NE1 - Ecological NetworkCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
L4 - Open UplandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Nearby new applications

3 Aug 2026Pending

Lily Green Farm Greenhow Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 5JL

Erection of single-storey rear extension

26/04672/FUL

Important details

Council
Yorkshire Dales
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
HG3 5JL
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
14 Sept 2026
Parish
Appletreewick
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
David Hill LLP

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. Yorkshire Dales usually decides extensions by day 54.

Day 2531 days to the 56-day target
65%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
99decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Yorkshire Dales in the last twelve months, from validation. Yorkshire Dales decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
15076815
Site or press notice
16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Application to determine if prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 16, Class A…
C/02/51F/GDO
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Drygil House, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 5JL
Householder planning permission for proposed completion of rebuild to rear of structurall…
C/02/163
2018 Approved
New Grimwith Farm, Greenhow Hill, Pateley Bridge
full planning permission for erection of agricultural worker's dwelling and erection of g…
C/02/148A
2018 Approved
Stump Cross Caverns, Greenhow Hill, Appletreewick
Prior Approval under Part 16 of Schedule 2 to the Town & Country Planning (General Permit…
C/02/51E/GDO
2018 Withdrawn
Stump Cross Caverns, Greenhow Hill, Appletreewick
notification under Part 16 of Schedule 2 to the Town & Country Planning (General Permitte…
C/02/51D/GDO
2016 Refused
High Far Side Farmhouse Greenhow Hill Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 5JL
Overhead line exemption for proposed electricity supply to commercial units at High Farsi…
16/02249/OHLEXP
2016 Refused
High Far Side Farmhouse Greenhow Hill Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 5JL
Overhead line exemption for proposed electricity supply to commercial units at High Farsi…
HGT16/02249/OHLEXP